Alwyn
Crawshaw was born at Mirfield, Yorkshire and studied at Hastings School
of Art . He now lives in Mundesley, Norwich, Norfolk, with his wife
June. Alwyn works in watercolour, oils and acrylics. He is Fellow of
the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the Society of Equestrian
Artists, the British Watercolour Society, President of the National
Acrylic Painters Association, Founder of the Society of Amateur Artists,
and Honorary Member of the United Society of Artists.

Alwyn
has written 29 books for Harper Collins, including "The Artist At Work"
(his autobiography). One of his books, "A Brush With Art", was in the
best Sellers list for 9 weeks, this has never been achieved before with
an art instructional book.

A
Public Library Survey shows that one of Alwyn's books is taken out of
a library in the UK every 2 minutes.

Alwyn
has made eight television series (68 half hour programmes), all have
been screened by channel 4,some by the BBC, the Learning Channel and
the Travel Channel, and are shown worldwide in countries which include
the USA, Canada and Japan. His latest series is called "Crawshaw's Watercolour
Cruise", filmed in the Middle East.

Alwyn
has appeared on various radio and television programmes, including the
Gay Byrne Radio Show in Eire, BBC television "Pebble Mill At One", "Daytime
Live" and "Spotlight South West". He has also made six very successful
teaching videos on painting and was named in 'The Top Ten Best Teachers
on Video In America'. He is also a regular contributor to the "leisure
Painter" magazine. Alwyn takes painting courses, and lectures throughout
Britain and abroad.

Alwyn
has exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists in London. He
has won the prize for the best watercolour at the Society of Equestrian
Artists annual Exhibition on five occasions.

In
1998 and again in 2001, he held a major joint exhibition with his wife
June in Tokyo, Japan.

His
work has been favourably reviewed by critics. "The Telegraph Weekend
Magazine" reported him to be a 'a landscape painter of considerably
expertise' and "The Artist's and Illustrator's Magazine" described him
as 'outspoken about the importance of maintaining traditional values
in the teaching of art'. Alwyn is listed in the current edition of "Who's
Who in Art", and the Marquis "Who's Who in the World".